7 Must-have Free Plug-ins for your WordPress Website

Designed primarily for blogging, WordPress has emerged as the most favorite CMS tool. The fact that WordPress was designed as a blogging platform gives it a first mover advantage over other CMS tools.

WordPress enables us to update the website with new content regularly so as to get good search engine rankings. In addition, we have several other features presented by WordPress to boost our business online. These include and are not limited to one-click-installation,Â great SEO, ability to update content without having to know HTML, incredible support,Â and numerous free extensions and plug-ins.

It is the plug-ins that makes WordPress an incredible choice for developers to create and run successful websites. There are several plug-in available on Web. And the best part is that most of them are free.

Here is the list of 7 most amazing free plug-ins that will skyrocket your business online.
1. 404 Redirected

404 Webpage Not Found! It is highly possible that your potential customers might leave your website immediately when they see this error. Also Google does not give PageRank to such WebPages. 404 Redirected plug-in shows all URLs which return 404 errors and allow you to redirect those to actual pages on your website.

2. Content Aware Sidebars

It enables WordPress developer to create an unlimited number of sidebars (widget areas) for any widget and assign it to specific pages. In laymanâ€™s language, it basically creates a superficial widget area that virtually replaces the real widget area for the pages you specify.

3. Akismet

Akismet is one of the best plug-ins in the history of WordPress development. It helps you combat spam as it comes with WordPress out of the box. Install and embed it in your website to stay spam-free!

4. Enhanced Text Widget

It is a more feature-rich text widget. Some of its features include freedom to hide or show the widget title, convert them into a link, assign CSS classes to widgets, and more.

Website caching necessity varies with the type of website. Websites containing heavy images and scripts can experience a speedy improvement from using W3 Total Cache plug-in. It is a free plug-in that has all the caching features you might need.

6. WordPress SEO by Yoast

Yoastâ€™s WordPress SEO gives you complete control over page titles and meta-descriptions. In addition, it automatically adds rel=â€œcanonicalâ€ tag to every page and ensures that there is no duplicate content due to dynamic URL string variations

7. Digg Digg

The Digg Digg plug-in makes your website ubiquitous by adding a floating box on it. This enables your users to share the page they like easily and quickly through various popular social media websites such as Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Google Plus, and Pinterest.

There is a lot of other free plug-ins available on the Web that can enhance the overall user-experience thus giving you instant success. The key is to use them wisely. Make sure you donâ€™t overload your websites with unnecessary plug-ins.

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